U.S. stocks were set to open lower Wednesday as investors closely monitored rising U.S.-China tensions. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 futures were both down 0.4% before U.S. markets opened. In Asia, the Shanghai Stock Exchange dropped 1.1%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index was also down 1.2% and Korea’s Kospi dropped 0.4%.

Source: Wall Street Journal May 08, 2019 07:48 UTC